Rather than being taught to accept ourselves, we were trained to make ourselves socially acceptable. And whenever we fail, we suffer inside.

In the end, trying to be perfect is the unconscious social effort to please ourselves by pleasing these others.

When we let others control us by the threat of disapproval and rejection, we give up far too much of ourselves and make it impossible for us to engage in authentic relationships.

Say to yourself: 'Living essentially to please others is a monumental mistake.'

You are mistaken

..her smile, which was her pretty feature, was never so pretty as when her sprightly phrase had a scratch lurking in it.

I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.

Maybe we should always assume the worst.

We should have to abandon our vested illusions, our irrational religions and patriotisms.

Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice. And sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right timeor never.

Some teachers should be put in prison for the way they either take advantage of women in their classes or destroy fragile egos. Be careful who you ask to help you when you're in the arts.

If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.

People who let events and circumstances dictate their lives are living reactively. That means that they don't act on life, they only react to it.

She was born in Baton Rouge, her favorite song was In My Life.